City of London

London, full with people and skyscrapers. There is concrete everywhere you look. People would have gone crazy with concrete madness if there were not green spaces. Green spaces are essential for the city and humans living in the city. Without it, people in the city would have been serious ill or even dead because of the smog. So, it is very important that London cares for it 's green spaces. London is too big to be maintained by itself, that is why there are boroughs. Each borough maintains it own

Winter Events in the city of London London is a vibrant city moreover a shelter and abode to many who come to either visit this place or stay here forever, in case you are one of the lucky few who happen to be in the city in the winter months then you are bound to have an awesome time. London in winters is completely different the meteorological department predicts cold weather and people do fill the chill but with the chain of events happening here the place turns hot. Lumiere Mark the month of

The city of London has originated since Roman times, and is a now a modern center and a capital city that has become one of the most important financial and cultural centers of Europe as well as the rest of Europe. As a center of European culture, London has been presented with many influences, periods of movement, and revolutionary ideas that would shape London and influence other parts of the world as well. The history of London has been been influenced by many outer forces that have shaped and

Are tall buildings necessary for London to remain a competitive world city? On February 10, 2004 mayor of London Ken Livingstone introduced the London Plan, the first proactive strategy in over thirty years to deal specifically with the planning and development of London. Since an increase in London's population by 800,000 is expected by the year 2020 , the mayor has suggested the construction of high-rise buildings as the method most likely to enable London to grow in a controlled and steady

the year 2000, the New London city passed a growth program that, in the expressions of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, which was believed to be offering in the excess of 1,000 employment opportunities to the community at the moment, the program was believed to augment tax as well as other returns to the economy, and also taken as an act of refurbishing a financially destabilized city, alongside the waterfront regions and the downtown.” The piece of land was bought by the city administration and was

journalistic account. The case of Kelo v. City of New London is the most famous case of condemnation in the history of the nation. The book tells the inspirational true story of Susette Kelo and her battle with the city of New London. Susette Kelo is woman who had recently came out of a long term marriage and purchased a rundown, waterfront, Victorian home in New London, Connecticut.

property taken away is converted to public property for public use. With reference to the case of the Kelo v. city of New London, the court ruled that the government should take private property through eminent domain for public use. This is due to the provisions of Fifth Amendment of the U.S constitution. New London, Connecticut, could exercise eminent domain for economic development. New London, Connecticut, was experiencing hard economic times majorly due to the closure of the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare

fair market value, for public purposes. Meaning, that the government can physically acquire said property for public use or purpose and regulate the use or the manner in which the property is currently controlled. In the below case, Kelo v. City of New London, the term public use is loosely related to public purpose, as the focus was on economic growth for the area, to provide for increased taxes, and even additional employment opportunities. The overall benefits were to the public, but at a cost

renewal, where a new neighborhood goes up in place of an old and blighted one. The court case Kelo v. City of New London was appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States from a decision by the Supreme Court of Connecticut in favor of the City of New London to heed its future economic development plans. The leading plaintiff Susette Kelo, sued the city in Connecticut courts, arguing that the city had misused its power of eminent domain. The Supreme Court ruled

The case of Kelo vs. City of New London generated major controversy that reached its way up to the Supreme Court. In addition, it has been the first major case involving eminent domain since 1984. Eminent domain is defined as “the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation”. The City of New London approved a development plan in 2000 that was “projected to create jobs, increase tax and other revenues, and to revitalize an economically